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JAPAN
Oct 6, 2020

Suga clears first diplomatic hurdle in meeting with Pompeo

The meeting with the top U.S. diplomat at the Prime Minister's Office took place ahead of a dialogue among foreign ministers from the so-called Quad countries.
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PRESS / Corporate Trends
Oct 5, 2020

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JAPAN / Top Global Universities in Japan
Oct 5, 2020

Liberal arts offers solid foundation for future study, career

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WORLD
Oct 5, 2020

Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with gay pride images

Twitter users are flooding the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using the tag.
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BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Oct 4, 2020

Private renters in Sapporo launch domestic travel campaign as global travel stalls

In the six months to August, 709 minpaku properties closed down in Sapporo, their number down to around 80 percent of their peak.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2020

Japan's new top spokesman stresses the need for digitalization as part of coronavirus response

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed Japan’s fragility in the digital realm and the need for a quick, broad solution to supply chain issues, the top government spokesman said.
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 3, 2020

Trump’s COVID-19 news meets a landscape primed for mistrust

Was it a hoax? Was it a lie? Was the president sicker than he claimed — or not sick at all? Was there any way this alarming news was an ultracynical con?
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2020

New justice minister pledges support for non-Japanese residents

Yoko Kamikawa vowed to improve policies that impact foreign nationals in Japan as well as the transparency of the justice system.
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BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2020

In world of video game development, chronic overtime is endemic

Polish game developer CD Projekt Red this week asked all of its employees to work six-day weeks in the lead-up to the November release of Cyberpunk 2077.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 2, 2020

How Russia shortened the COVID-19 vaccine race to declare victory

Russia’s version of America’s Operation Warp Speed vaccine project is located far from the Kremlin on a sleepy side street on the outskirts of Moscow.
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 1, 2020

Ogata Paris acts as an embassy for Japanese elegance in Europe

Ogata Paris, the brainchild of designer Shinichiro Ogata, offers the very best of Japanese craftsmanship and tradition in his fashionable European outpost.
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CULTURE / Film
Oct 1, 2020

‘Violet Evergarden: The Movie’: A small miracle in the making

After multiple delays in production, Kyoto Animation's film provides solace and answers to fans of the animated series of the same name.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2020

Seagram liquor heiress gets 81 months for role in Nxivm sex cult

Clare Bronfman, an heiress to the Seagram Co. liquor fortune, was sentenced this week to 81 months in prison and $6.5 million in penalties for her role in luring female victims for the Nxivm sex cult founded by Keith Raniere.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 30, 2020

Tokyo must thwart Beijing's Senkaku strategy

Japan undoubtedly faces hard choices. But accommodation with an unyielding China is simply not possible.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2020

China balks at U.S. efforts for nuclear arms talks

Beijing perceives U.S. policy as being increasingly aggressive and aimed at containing China. Nuclear forces are seen as the ultimate guarantor of national security.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2020

Japan’s offshore wind backers see clean heir to coal and nuclear

Offshore wind could help replace facilities built during Japan's economic boom from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2020

Some of Hong Kong's poor finally feel at home in prefabricated 'modules'

When Lau Kai Fai, his wife and teenage son moved into a new Hong Kong flat last month, he thought the 290 square feet (27 square meters) of space in his "module home" felt like "winning the lottery."
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WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2020

Disease-spreading ticks keep marching north amid climate change

While broad correlation between ticks' spread and global warming is clear, predicting where they will go next as the climate changes is surprisingly daunting.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2020

As the new administrative reform minister, Taro Kono declares war on fax machines

Kono said his ongoing crusade against hanko will go a long way toward phasing out the nation's entrenched fixation on fax.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan